Richard Putnam
| Richard Putnam | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Position: | Seat #3 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | John F. Kennedy |
| Active: | 9/18/1961 - 12/191/1975 |
| Senior: | 12/18/1975 - 12/16/2002 |
| Preceded by: | 75 Stat. 80 |
| Succeeded by: | Eugene Davis |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1913 |
| Deceased: | 2002 |
| Bachelors: | Spring Hill College (1934) |
| Law School: | Loyola University New Orleans School of Law (1937) |
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Richard Johnson Putnam (1913-2002) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
Putnam was nominated to the Western District of Louisiana by President John F. Kennedy on September 5, 1961, to a new seat created by 75 Stat. 80; he was confirmed by the Senate on September 14, 1961, and received his commission on September 18, 1961. He assumed senior status on December 19, 1975. He served the Western District of Louisiana until his death on December 16, 2002.[1] Putnam was succeeded in this position by Eugene Davis.
Early life and education
- Spring Hill College, B.S., 1934
- Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, LL.B., 1937[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Abbeville, Louisiana, 1937-1954
- U.S. Naval Reserve Lieutenant, 1942-1945
- District attorney, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Louisiana, 1948-1954
- Judge, Fifteenth Judicial District of Louisiana, 1954-1961
- Judge, Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit, 1960-1961[1]
Judicial career
Western District of Louisiana
Putnam was nominated to the Western District of Louisiana by President John F. Kennedy on September 5, 1961, to a new seat created by 75 Stat. 80; he was confirmed by the Senate on September 14, 1961, and received his commission on September 18, 1961. He assumed senior status on December 19, 1975. He served the Western District of Louisiana until his death on December 16, 2002.[1] Putnam was succeeded in this position by Eugene Davis.
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Putnam's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Western District of Louisiana 1961–1975 Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: Eugene Davis |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Dee Drell • Patricia Minaldi • Richard Haik • Rebecca Doherty • Maurice Hicks • Robert James • Elizabeth Erny Foote | ||
| Senior judges |
Tucker Melancon • Tom Stagg • Donald Walter • James Trimble • | ||
| Magistrate judges | James Kirk • C. Michael Hill • Kathleen Kay • Karen Hayes • Mark Hornsby • Patrick Hanna • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
John Dick • Thomas Bolling Robertson • Samuel Hadden Harper • Philip Kissick Lawrence • Theodore Howard McCaleb • Henry Boyce • Alexander Boarman • John Duhe • Eugene Davis • George Whitfield Jack • Gaston Porterie • Benjamin Dawkins, Jr. • Benjamin Dawkins, Sr. • Edwin Hunter • F.A. Little • Richard Putnam • Nauman Scott • John Shaw • Earl Veron • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Richard Haik • Tom Stagg • Benjamin Dawkins, Jr. • Benjamin Dawkins, Sr. • Edwin Hunter • F.A. Little • Nauman Scott • John Shaw • | ||
